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Motif

Groom deceives bride with substituted bedmate and hides self in order to learn the secret she has promised to tell.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1844.3

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  • IcelandicBoberg.
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